Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-07

bright harbor into what rough sea!
"Stay with u.s." cried angel alter angel !
aud polentate sitter potentate. "No,h
s.id the Prince, 81 cannot stay, must be |
of after that wreck OF world. [ must |
stop that groan. l must hush that dis
tress. l must fathom that way. 1 must
redeem those nations. Farewell, thrones |
and temples, companions cherubic, SER
sphic, archangelic, Excuse this absenc e |
for l will come back again, carrying on !
my shoulder ransomed world. Till this |
is done choose earthly scof to heavenly
reclamation, and cattle pen to kings
palace, frigid zone of earth to atmosphere
of celestial radiance. l have no time to
lose, for bark ye to the groan that grows
mightier while Iwait. Farewell Farewell"
"Ye know the grace OF our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for
your sakes BE became poor"
Wes there ever contrast so overpcw-
ering as that between the MONDAY of
Chri3t's celestial departure and the mid
night Of His earthly arrival2 Sure enough,
the angels were out that night in the sky,
and especial meteor acted as escort, but
all that WAS from other worlds, and not
from this world. The earth made no
demonstration of welcome. II one OF the
great princes of this world steps out at 8
depot cheers resound, and the bands play
and the flags wave. But for the arrival
Of this missionary prince OF the skies not
torch fiared, not trumpet blew, not
plume auttered. All the music and pomp
were overhead. Our world opened for
! Him nothing better than barn door.
| The Rsjah Of Cashmere sent to Victoria
bedstead of carved gold and canopy
that cost $3.50, 900, but the world had for
the Prince OF Heaven and Earth only
LITTER OF STRAW.
| The crown Jewels in the tower of London
amount to SIS, 000, 900, but this member
of eternal royalty had nowhere TO lay His
head. To know how poor He was, ask
the camel drivers, ask the shep-
herds, ask Mary, ssk the
three wise men of the East
who afterward came there, young Caspar
and middle-aged Balhasar and old Mel
chtor. To know how poor He was to ex-
anime all the records of real estate in
that Oriental country, and see what Vine
yald, or whs,Hhouse, or what field He
owned. Not one. OF what mortgage
was He the MORTGAGE! OF what tene-
ment was He the landlord? OF what
lease was He the lessee? Who ever paid
him rent? Not owning the boat on which
He sailed, or the beast on which He rode,
: or the pillow on which He slept. He had
so little estate that in order to pay His
tax He had to perform miracle, putting
the amount OF the assessment in q fsh's
mouth and having it hauled ashore. And
after His death the world rushed in to
! take sn inventory of His goods, end the
entire aggregate was the garments He had
: eli f,,t nv inh nd tre
! cling in them by day, bearing on them the
dust OF the highway and the saturation Of
the aea. Paul in my text did not go IA
t from hitting the mark, did he, when he
said of the missionary prince: "Fol
r your sakes BE became poor.'
! The world could have treated Him bet
l ter If il had chosen. 1t had all the mean.
3. for making His earthly condition com
1 Portable. Only 8 few years before whel
r Pompey, the general, arrived at Brindis
= be was greeted with arches and a cost.
j column which celebrated the twelve mil
lion people whom he had killed or con
quered, and ne was allowed to Wes
2 his triumphal robe in the Senate. TIL
4 world had applause for imperial butcher
1 but buffeting for the Prince of Pea &c
Plenty OF golden chslices for the favoret
! to drink out of, but our Prince must pu
9 His lips TO the bucket Of the well by ID
= roadside after He had
IS BEGGED FOR DRINK.
!, Poor? Born in another mans barn an
e eating at another mans table, and cruis
e ing the lake in another mans fshiD
:, smack, and buried in another mans mat
O soleum. Four inspired authors wrote {
II His biography, and innumerable lives {
e Christ have been published, but He com
e posed His autobiography in most com
If pressed way. He said: ~ have trodde
?. the wine-press alone"
IS Poor in the estimation of nearly all til
d prosperous classes. They called Hi
j. Sabbath breaker, wine-bibber, traito
lie blasphemer, and rensscked the dictional
= OF opprobrium from lid to lid to EXPIRE:
n their detestation. l can think now
ar only two well-to do men who espouse
lie His cause-Nicodemus and Joseph
is Arimathen. HIS friends for the mo-
IS part were people WHO, in tn
tie cline where opthelmy or infamm
Id ton of the eyeballs sweeps ever and anc
N as q scourge, had become blind, sick pc
o. pie who were anxious TO get yell, 81
g, troubled people in whose family the
al was some one dead or dying. II He b,
70 q purse at all it was empty, or we wou
or have heard what was done with the CO
or tents at the post mortem. Poor? I.
yn pigeon in the dove-cote, the rabbit IN
OF burrOw, the silk worm in its cocoon, 6
ed bee in its hive is better provided Il
be better of, better sheltered. Aye, t
l brute creation has 8 home on cart
which Christ hos not.
llV If on windy days the raven
or, Gamb ike dancing skitt,
~ Not he less he loves his haven
On the bosom of the cliff.
US If almost with eagle pinion
eG O'er the Alps the cnamois roam,
hi Yet he has some small dominion
~ Which no doubt he calls mis- home.
ch But the Crown Prince OF all HEAVIER
itv dominion has less than the raven, Il
,c1 than the chamois, for ne was homele
nm Ave, III the history of the universe tb'
aiI is no other instance OF such coming dOV
re Who can count the miles from the top
the throne to the bottom OF the cro
Cleopatra. giving banquet TO Anthol
took pearl worth 500, 900 and dissol1
ct it in vinegar and swallowed it. /
les when our Princes according
ate the evangelist, in his !
es, hours took the vinegar,
old il had been dissolved sll the pearls OF
- heavenly royslty. Down until there v
ter no other depth for Him to touch, troub
On until there wss no other barsssment
en- suffer, poor until there was no other p
ngs perism to torture. Billions Of doll
em spent in wars to destroy men, who '
ing furnish the statistics of the value OF t
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